$33,600
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Birds of America 1840 . New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1840. First edition, in seven octavo volumes, three-quarter brown calfskin and marbled boards, neatly rebacked in the 1950s, with half-titles in all volumes, illustrated throughout with five hundred hand-color lithographs after Audubon's drawings, printed and colored in Philadelphia by Bowen, tissue guards, clean, with only occasional minor spotting.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18